“Mis-hired for computer skills? Test before you hire! Learn from a small business owner’s costly mistake. bit.ly/skills-te… #HiringTips #SmallBusiness #ComputerSkills #HRBestPractices”
An owner hired for claimed computer skills and got neither. Two diagnostics traced mis-hires to missing verification and built the 90-day fix. Back to Blog / hiring process Test the Skill, Not the Story: What Mis-Hires Reveal About Hiring Without Verification Kamyar Shah · August 12, 2026 · 6 min read An owner posted to r/smallbusiness in August 2026 under a title that admits the lesson. “Turns out I do need to test people on basic skills in the hiring process.” The complaint itself: “My newest employee lacks the most basic of computer skills after describing themselves as very comfortable…
